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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fertile /ˈfəːtʌɪl/
▶adjective
  • 1 (of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
  • 2 (of a person, animal, or plant) able to conceive young or produce seed.

    ■ (of a seed or egg) capable of becoming a new individual.

  • 3 producing many new and inventive ideas.
– derivatives
fertility noun.
– origin ME: via Fr. from L. fertilis, from ferre ‘to bear’.



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